Initiative
Cal. ELEC § 9105
California Statutes
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a) The county elections official shall immediately transmit a copy of any proposed measure to the county counsel. Within days after the proposed measure is filed, the county counsel shall provide and return to the county elections official a ballot title and
summary for the proposed measure. The ballot title may differ from any other title of the proposed measure and shall express in words or less the purpose of the proposed measure. In providing the ballot title, the county counsel shall give a true and impartial statement of the purpose of the proposed measure in such language that the ballot title shall neither be an argument, nor be likely to create prejudice, for or against the proposed measure. (
b) The county elections official shall furnish a copy of the ballot title and
summary to the proponents of the proposed measure. The proponents shall, prior to the circulation of the petition, publish the Notice of Intention, and the ballot title and
summary of the proposed measure in a newspaper of general circulation published in that county, and file proof of publication with the county elections official. (
c) The ballot title and
summary prepared by the county counsel shall appear upon each
section of the petition, above the text of the proposed measure and across the top of each page of the petition on which signatures are to appear, in roman type not smaller than point. The ballot title and
summary shall be clearly separated from the text of the measure. The text of the measure shall be printed in type not smaller than point. The heading of the proposed measure shall be in a boldface type in substantially the following form: INITIATIVE MEASURE TO BE DIRECTLY SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS The county counsel has prepared the following title and
summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure: (Here set forth the title and
summary prepared by the county counsel. This title and
summary must also be printed across the top of each page of the petition whereon signatures are to appear.)